“The implications of this hypothesis are far-reaching,
for if traders become more risk-seeking during booms
and more risk-averse during slumps, then the markets
may be inherently unstable and traders may fail to seize
on profitable opportunities.”

“We usually linked fear of wifi and cellphone
radiation with the tinfoil hat brigade, but more evidence
is coming out that indicates we should be concerned.
A 13-country study looked at the issue, and Tyler Hamilton
says it is " the most comprehensive look at the
potential link between cellphone use and cancer, involves
the pooled analysis of thousands of cases of tumours
in the head and neck area: gliomas, meningiomas, acoustic
neuromas and parotid gland tumours. It was originally
supposed to be completed in 2004 and published in 2006.
Years later the final report has still not been released,
a source of frustration among some scientists who say
such a delay would never be tolerated in the context
of a drug study.

“One researcher explains that over 50 scientists
have to sign off on the final, but that it will come
out "soon." Some of the reports that are part
of the study have been released, and they point to increases
in tumours and cancer.” [Quoted from treehugger.com]

Etc...

“According to the Cellular Telecommunications
Industry Association (CTIA), specific absorption rate,
or SAR, is "a way of measuring the quantity of
radiofrequency (RF) energy that is absorbed by the body."
For a phone to pass FCC certification, that phone's
maximum SAR level must be less than 1.6W/kg (watts per
kilogram). In Europe, the level is capped at 2W/kg while
Canada allows a maximum of 1.6W/kg. The SAR level listed
in our charts represents the highest SAR level with
the phone next to the ear as tested by the FCC. Keep
in mind that it is possible for the SAR level to vary
between different transmission bands and that different
testing bodies can obtain different results. Also, it's
possible for results to vary between different editions
of the same phone (such as a handset that's offered
by multiple carriers). [Quoted from reviews.cnet.com]

Phones are available with ratings ranging
from below 0.2W/kg, up to 1.6W/kg.
As a cynic might notice, the industry has managed to keep
the legal levels in a comfort zone just above the highest
manufactured levels.

My experience is that the situation
is certainly no better in the UK and France, though the
percentage of GDP spent on medicine is much lower outside
the USA.

“Shannon Brownlee in Overtreated: Why Too Much
Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer

“Doctors, in turn, risk malpractice suits if
they withhold a treatment requested by a patient, however
unlikely it is to be of help. Sophisticated marketing
campaigns by drug and medical device companies, aimed
at both average Americans and their doctors, lobby hard
to increase the use of new medicines and devices, even
if they are no more effective, and possibly more dangerous,
than earlier forms of treatment.

“The result is that Americans spend about $6,000
per person on healthcare annually, roughly 2-1/2 times
more than the median for the rest of the industrialized
world. Americans also swallow 25 to 50 percent more
prescription drugs per capita than do Canadians or Europeans.
Yet the average life expectancy of Americans, at 77
years, is lower than in Western Europe, Canada, or Japan
and closer to that of Cyprus, Costa Rica, and Chile.

“The costs are more than merely financial. One
estimate, Brownlee says, ascribes the number of deaths
of Americans from unnecessary medical care at 30,000
per year. And an influential Institute of Medicine report
released in 1999 called "To Err Is Human"
estimated that as many as 98,000 Americans are killed
each year by medical errors.

“What this means is that ineffective medical
treatments are more than just a waste of time and money:
They raise the risk of harm to patients.

A lack of solid, unbiased information exacerbates the
problem, Brownlee says. Patients rely on doctors for
advice, and doctors rely on medical journals. But many
physicians lack the training they need to assess the
science in journal studies.”

Overtreated:
Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer
by Shannon Brownlee